Vehicle.



H. WuMONIGOIVIERY.

VEHICLE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG- 13. I917.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

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' VEHICLE.

" Application filed August 13, 19 n Serial No. 186,078.

To aZZwiwm twang concern. I

Be it known; that L'IIIRAM -MONT- GOMERY, a citizen of the siding atTopanga,

vented a new Vehicles, of which the followlng is a specification. g aThis invention relates to road vehlcles and more particularly, to thosevehicles Which' I are used for transporting berries or' ripe fruit overrough cgmntryroads. An object is to provide an apphance j adaptedto'cert'ain touringcars and other 15 forms of automobile in which thechassis is spring-supportedand in turn supports the receptacle in whichthe fruit is to be carried. v The invention is not limited to use fortransporting ripe automobiles for the same easierridin Manyautomobilesof the present day :having a spring-supported chassis areprovided with seats expensively upholstered for the purpose ofshieldingthe occupants in the purpose: of making the seat from shock fromthechassis as the vehicle wheels pass over irregularitiesiin the road.An object of this invention isto pro vide for the occupantsof the seatsof automobiles, as satisfactory protection from the shock from thechassislas has heretofore beenattained and at much lower costj Theinvention will be understood, however, by the illustration of itsapplication to a devlce for carrying ripe blackberries, or

other soft fruit, and such other articles as by j ars are subject toinjury or destruction and jolts during transportation. 7

A11 object is to allow ticles to be carried at hlghGF SPBGClS thanheretofore practicable at low cost."

of operation. r v l 7 An object of the invention is to apply to theplatform or T frame of 3 an automobile, 1

an auxiliary shock absorber appliance that may be used with orwithout-other shock absorbersjand with or without the tonneau,

and which will so absorb the shock that no damage to the-load is apt toresult from speedy travel over rough roads.

' ,Also to provide'an extension platform Specification of Lett rs-ream.

box isr'emoved, and United States,.rein the county OfLos I Angeles andState ofCalifornia, have. in-. and useful linproveinent ,in"

fruit butis applicable in,

rails 4, and to the rails2 The-bolts bar 6 toQtherear ends.

such fr its and ar are cheapness, 1i htness, c ency i that ni'ay' beutilized when theload carrying to make it easy to. re

IDOVGE and replace the box.

*rat nteaa r. s, 1919. V

Otherrobjects, advantages andfeaturesgbf drawings: thesubjoinedridetailefdescrip 131011, and; the appendedfcl'aim.

T Q P Y Rg 5 drawings illustrate t I lYentio'n. 1

shown.

in Fig. 1, portionsthereof-beingsectioned on a horizontal plane.

" F g. 3zis an enlarged vertical sectioni on llne; m Fig. .2.

1 Fig. 4:. isa' fragmentalside elevation of the appliance inf'place asshown iniFig. I.

"Figure I is a fragmental perspective view a of an automobile *in whichthis; invention is embodied as a berry ;a1'1 d;rip'e fruitjniarketing.device, Two formsof springsockets are I novelty may appearfrornftheaccompany? 1 6 v i 2.is afraginental v In Fig. "1 portion ofthe "vehiclefl eomprisingv an automobile of. a common :iconstructionknownas aroadster is shown, havcross barst The rails 4' areainparallelism with each; other and are bolted by bo1ts=-5 to the rearen'dof the primary fr'ame2. The

cross bars 6, 6 are secured to the chassis or primary. frame 2,. throughtheflnedii'um' of the rails 4 and thefbolts v5 and 7, 7'.

bolts 7 fasten the front cross-bar (S te the front rend 'Zfastenthe-rear cros'se chassls rails and 6, 6 thus forni a having an opencentral ingynietal straps 8, on top of the rails,' and place by anysuitable-means open space'is-Inountedto move up and down in the guideway formed by the rails 4= and cross i bars 6, 6 of said franie;

..S aidguide way prevents lateral .andvfro'nt andflrearfi dlsplacementofthe body, and down movement thereof. 7 Said'b'ox body back walls'13,13 and a bottom 14.

but'allows free u I v 1s constructedof sidewalls 12, 12", frontand"Spring socket pieces 15 having cylindricali bores .16 are mounted on thewalls of the box, with the axes of the bores in parallelism with theoutside faces of said walls.

In the bores 16 ofsaid sockets are mounted helical springs 17 upon theupper ends of which the upper ends 18 of the sockets rest. Said springsloosely lit the bores 16, and their lower ends are supported by thebox-guiding frame formed by the rails 4: and cross-bars 6, 6.

Pins 19, having heads 20 resting on the straps 8 are inserted up intothe helical springs 17 and the lower ends of said springs rest on theheads 20, thus insuring against. destructive wear upon the frame work 1,6, 6. .Said .sprin s are preferably helical steel springs aboutg incheslong and the .socket boresto receive the. same may preferably .be about5% inches long and are closed at. their upper ends, thus leaving about1% inches of the spring projecting down from the lower end 'of thesocket so as to allow -a free play of about 1-}; inches more or less forthe socket pieces upon their spring supports. Said socket pieces maybemadeof'woodas indicated at 15, or of metal asindicated at 15.

The wooden socket piece is cheaply constructed by boring a hole endwiseinto a piece of scantling which may be 2x3 inches in cross section or ofany other suitable size, depending upon the size of the spring to beused, said wooden socket pieces may be fastened :to the walls of the boxby bolts 21 inserted through the socket pieces and the side walls. Onthe outside of the walls of the box, a top strip for bead :22 may befastened I atthe top of the box, and the upper ends of the socket pieces15 are anade to abut against the same. The combination of the bead andthe. wooden socket pieces 15 gives a panel effect-to the sides of thebox body.

.The socket pieces may be made of metal pipe with flattened terminals23,2, having holes through which screws or'bolts 25 may be inserted to"fasten quently the socket pieces to the-body.

A keeper 26;, formed of an angle plate fastened by screws or bolts 27may be fastened to the walls of the body and loosely connected to theframe 4,6, 6 by a link formed .of a :bolt 28; a nut 29 on said bollt t eplate when the box is without load, and said bolt extends down throughsaid plate and through the rails 4: and has a head at it v lower :end toengage the under side of said frame. The angle plate terminates ata'distance above the frame so as to allow ample play of the frame down.and up without contact of the plate with the frame. The play 1 of; theplate accommodates the compressions of the springs 17 under bouncingload and the nuts of the bolts retain the keepers to preventthe box fromumping out of the the plates and conseframe when the vehicle is bouncingover a rough road.

The keeper bolts the rails 4. behind the ends of the frame 2 of thechassis so that whenever the body or box is removed, the keeper boltsmay be shoved down through the rails et out of the way.

The helical sprin s 17 are individually light and flexible and asufficient number of them is provided to resiliently support the bodywith whatever load it is designed to carry and to prevent the body fromknocking upon the frame. By thus providing a multitude of light springsto support the body, the jar transmitted through the vehicle springs 3to the chassis and from thence through the helical springs 17 to theload carrying body is reduced so as not to be destructive or injuriousto soft ripe fruit such as blackberries or figs. The weight of the body11 puts a constant tension upon the springs with the result that theheavier the load on the springs within the calculated limits thereof,the easier the riding of the body. I

It is understood that any desired number of spring sockets and springstherefor may be employed and that as few as three such springs may besufiicient for a light load; one being at the front center and twoothers at the rear corners. The springs and also the keepers aresymmetrically disposed so that the support and retention of the body onthe frame will be most effective for the object in view.

All that is necessary in order to remove the body from the frame, issimply to take off the nuts to release the keepers, whereupon the bodymay be lifted off. Then the keeper bolts may be driven down out of theframe so as not to present any projection on top of the frame. The frameis thus made adaptable for other uses.

In order to 'ive a desirable play of the body llabove the platform 31 ofthe vehicle, blocks 32, 33, are applied on top of the platform orchassis frame at the corners thereof to support the frame 11 of theattachment, and the bolts 7 extend through the blocks 32 at the frontcorners fastening the frame and the blocks to the chassis. The rearblocks 38 are elongate and bolts 5 pass through the front ends thereofwhile the rear ends project rearward behind the ends of the chassisrails 2 and are screwed to the guide frame by the bolts 7 The underfaces of blocks 83 are flush with the top face of the platform -31; andfloor boards 34 are fastened to the under faces of the rearwardprojections of blocks 33 to make an extension of the platform of thevehicle when the body 11 is removed.

When the body 11 has been the attachment frame frame forms a rim to 28are inserted through vehicle, thus toaprevent boxes or erates whichvfront cross' barfixed to the supplemental i i may be loaded ontotheplatform from slidside rails behind the seat; a real; crossbar ing offsidewise. The space ;between 'the' fixed to "thelsupplemental r ails'rearwardly blocks 32, 33 admits of a rope 'to'be passed i beyond theends o'f the spring sup orted. Q i

underneath the rails4= and over the load to side rails; aberry boxmovable up an down 5 v hold 'the load on. n l so in the spacefonned'hetween the side-rails i In the form shown the c l'ossebars 6 and6' and, thefront and rear ross bars and proproject outwardly beyond therails 4:, thus vided' on the outsidewith sockets for sprin afl'ordingfurther attachment for the load-. 7 guides; helical springs in saidsockets, sai

10 holding rope, not shown. springs resting pon the side rails'andorossfe'o 1 The bolts whiohhold the auxiliary frame .bafs respectivelytosupport the berry box;

on the chassis frame are'pne'ferably :fitted and'lost'motion meansretaining the supple l- With suitable means as look 'nutsB'fjto holdmental side rails androross bars in position a the nuts in place. V iwiththelsprings'resting on saida'ails. Iclaim:-- a p A utility Vehiclecomprising spring sup my. hand at Los vAn'gele's, C alifornia,t"thisported side rails; \a-sea't fix'ed'zto the front 3rdday of Angust, 1917. ends of said side rails; supplemental side I HIRAM1 W. MONTGOMERY.

rails fixedto said spring supported side rails fWitnessz y I p p 20 andspaced apart to receive a berry box; a JAMES R. TOWNSEND.

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